Columbia University Encyclopedia picked the 8 most noted magicians of the late 20th century and included... Siegfried and Roy... Doug Henning... Harry Blackstone, Jr., David Copperfield..... and Dorothy Dietrich.

This site features well known female magician Dorothy Dietrich with links to Pages with such stars as Robert Klein, Tony Curtis, KISS, Tom Snyder, Bill Cosby, Muhammad Ali, Brooke Shields, David Copperfield, etc.

It tells of historic magic done by the woman magician often called "the world's leading female magician," "the first lady of magic," and "The female Houdini. Many of the things she has done are unprecedented in the history of magic. She has paved the way for future female magicians in the magic and escape field.

Dorothy Dietrich, on most lists of the best female magician in the world, is on the Board of Directors of the Houdini Museum. An feature story in the New York Times said "she essentially is a magician - on the strength of her televised stunts, could claim preeminence to Houdini, the first woman to saw a man in half, the first woman to catch a bullet in her mouth"

She also helped found New York City's Magic Towne House, a world famous magic show spot and magicians meeting place for some 13 years and was an editor of Hocus Pocus Magic Magazine for three years.